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Bullet1987 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 10:40 AM Original message |
Has Materialism/Commercialism Stunted the Growth of the American Education System? |
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brandon47 (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
1. I think |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
2. the neo cons did the stunting - part of their overall plans |
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JohnnyBoots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 10:53 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Agreed, Corporatism too. they want a generation of worker bees who don't ask |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
3. Nah,. The idea that "all ideas are valid" and such idiocy did... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
4. One unspoken problem is that parents believe that the only purpose of |
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jakem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 10:51 AM Original message |
2.2 million drop-outs per year. |
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susankh4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
5. Absolutely! |
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Bullet1987 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 11:07 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I agree with the consumer thing...we don't talk about education enough during election time |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
8. I realize now how lucky I was to grow up in my little VT town.. It was cool |
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Bullet1987 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 11:25 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Vastly different than now... |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 08:49 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. hmm? I don't understand what that means.. I graduated in 1997, and |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
10. you sorta made it about money |
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TheDoorbellRang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
11. The emphasis has swung too heavily onto sports, IMHO |
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